How BusinessFeet started their web page design journey

Summary

**FINAL UPDATE** Calling all creative genius' -

if this was your website what would it look like

So far we have had templates and designs which are very similar to what we have already. The leading designers are so far stripe_acces, crystalgarfix and justflair, following closely are masterjojo, ruther and gecku.

Everything they have in common is that they are light, bright and airy giving a welcoming feel. they are all relatively unique, except they all follow the same format as we have now.

if this was your website what would it look like

**UPDATE**
I have a little test I like to run - I look at the image and cover up the page with my hand and try to remember what it said and more importantly, what you do. None of them pass that test. The slogan "Marketing For The Digital Age" is not the most important thing in my mind, because it is too ambiguous. To me, that should be secondary to the words "Search Engine Optimization". That should be the text with the highest impact. They can get the more polished, more literary slogans as secondary text, slightly smaller in the same approach that is shown, but first and foremost must come the words. Perhaps play with some slogans that incoroporate SEO or Search Engine Optimization somewhow but still get the point across with that small fraction of time you get to hook the visitor.

**UPDATE** Please don't be afraid to change the way the homepage and subsequent pages look overall. be adventurous with the content we have. Think IMPACT, IMPACT, IMPACT we're good at getting people to our site but don't have the look we need to keep them there and do something.

**PLEASE DO NOT USE TEMPALTES - if i wanted a template i would use template monster or oswd**

Some great designs so far - keep it up - would really love to see something totally different

So far there have been some really good standard designs but none have yet really captured what we are trying to achieve. Please don't be constrained by what we have already. The reason we are doing this contest is to find some really creative talent out there who we can work with ongoing. Please can you all submit 2 designs (1 homepage and 1 news homepage and if possible 1 main content page)

**DONT worry about the logo - we may be putting this up for contest shortly**

This Project needs some fresh creative ideas. Not looking for typical corporate style. Are you a graphic designer with a good eye for detail? Can you design something unique that will make us stand out from an overcrowded market? Do you have flair?

Company name

What inspires you and how do you envision the design for your business?

We're specialists in SEO and Internet Marketing and are looking for someone with a good graphical flair to enhance the look and appeal of our website - the current site is very functional in design but we need someone to give it a personality. Fresh and unique with a both a corporate and small business feel. If you can imagine us as an international internet marketing agency dealing with some large brands, that would be the ideal approach to take.

1.Graphical elements - Must make us say "Wow..." We need the design to be
attractive.

2. Make it functional. Think as if you were our customer.

3. Professional but still Web 2.0ish..

4. Don't waste space, but don't crowd.

Wants

- This is a design only project - we'll code it ourselves
- Need 2 submissions - 1 for home page and 1 for news-section homepage
- Something Different
- content needs to be seperated effectively
- news - section needs to be enhanced and made more appealing
- long term partnership for client projects
- Color scheme can be different to what is used now and we have no preference
- artwork required in any of the following formats, psd, eps, pdf layered
- Please see the website - everything is there in terms of content

Don't want

- something that is totally unworkable
- The same as we have with different colors